The new royal jet will soon be ready for Obama...

Traveling over flyover country in style...

Tour the $367 million jet soon to be Air Force One: http://t.co/7lmzC4TKsH pic.twitter.com/ELmaDwiP5B

— Slate (@Slate) June 9, 2015

Obama campaign flies in David Axelrod on Air Force One. Refuses to say how much of the cost they reimburse.

Let me take a guess. The price of one coach airline ticket?

Under FEC rules, the Obama Campaign must reimburse the government for the cost of Axelrod's flight on both Marine One & Air Force One.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 5, 2012

The White House routinely refuses to disclose how much it bills the campaign or Dem Party for reimbursement costs of flights.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 5, 2012

Stupid: Obama going to Ohio to campaign; landing at Air Force Base he plans to close...

Over 800 jobs will be lost in Ohio when the base closes. You just can't fix stupid...

Air Force One will touch down in a swirl of defense controversy in Mansfield, Ohio, Wednesday as President Obama makes a third campaign trip in four weeks to the battleground state.

“If President Obama has his way, his Air Force One arrival would be one of the final flights into Mansfield-Lahm Airport,” claims Sen. Rob Portman, who is often a surrogate campaigner in Ohio for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

The Mansfield News Journal has run a series of stories and editorials expressing local worries that the air mission of the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard will end if proposed Pentagon budget cuts close it down. The local paper quotes Vice Commander Col. Michael Howard as saying he will park the wing’s C-27J aircraft on the tarmac in full view of Air Force One to make a point to the visiting president. The 179th has four of the planes, two currently deployed in Afghanistan.

Obama willing to be one term President to pass ObamaCare

Let's hope that is partly true.

From Real Clear Politics:

Robert Gibbs says Obama is "quite comfortable" with being a one-term president over health care and his agenda.

Gibbs: Obama Willing To Be One-Term Prez Over Health Care


W knew forcing socialism on America was important to President Obama.

The Air Force is Monitoring Twitter

When the Air Force wanted to track public reaction to the disastrous New York flyover by Air Force One, they monitored Twitter and other social sites.

From AP via Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON – As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events.

The Air Force tracked online messaging service Twitter, video-sharing site YouTube and various blogs to assess the huge public backlash to the Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty this spring, according to the documents.

And while the attempts at damage control failed — "No positive spin is possible," one PowerPoint chart reads — the episode opens a window into the tactics for operating in a boundless digital news cycle.

This new terrain has slippery slopes, though, for the military. Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites are very popular among service members, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan who want to keep in touch with friends and family. The sites are also valued by military organizations for recruiting or communicating with other federal agencies.

The Photo We Paid $328,835 To See

This photo cost you $328,835. Enjoy.

Air Force One photo opportunity panics New Yorkers(video)

A jumbo jet plane being chased by a F-16 fighter panicked New Yorkers today. Mayor Bloomberg is furious. According to MSNBC.com,

NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is furious that the federal government flew a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet near ground zero part of a government photo opportunity and training mission.

The incident on Monday caused a brief panic among workers, who said they were not notified in advance.

Bloomberg said the flyover so near the World Trade Center site showed "poor judgment" and was insensitive. He said he is furious that the New York Police Department and another city agency were notified last week, but did not tell him.

Here is the video(via YouTube)

Obama burns 9000 gallons of jet fuel to celebrate Earth Day

President Obama celebrated Earth Day by flying 895 miles and burning 8,950 gallons of fuel. Why aren't environmentalists up in arms when a Democrat wastes energy? According to CBS News Political Hotsheet,

It happens every time a president leaves town to make an Earth Day speech. Reporters scramble to point out how much fuel was expended so the President could talk about conserving energy and using alternative fuels.

In flying to and from Iowa today, President Obama took two flights on Air Force One and four on Marine One.

The press office at Andrews AFB wouldn’t give me the fuel consumption numbers for the 747 that serves as Air Force One without the approval of the White House Press Office, which as I write this has yet to be given.

But Boeing says its 747 burns about 5 gallons of fuel per mile. It’s 895 miles from Washington to Des Moines, so a round trip brings the fuel consumption for the fixed-wing portion of the President’s trip to 8,950 gallons.

Meanwhile, Al Gore celebrates Earth Day by begging for more money for Democrats in the House of Representatives. From politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com